Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or
country. Today the expulsion of foreign nationals is usually called deportation, whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment,
exile, or
penal transportation. Deportation is an ancient practice:
Khosrau I,
Sassanid King of
Persia, deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people to the new city of
Ctesiphon in 542
C.E.